Vaccinologists call for 90 percent vaccination rate

Taking into account the British and the Indian variant, a vaccination rate of 70 percent is no longer sufficient, vaccinologist Corinne Vandermeulen told the TV program the seventh day. According to her, the models predict that an increase towards 90 percent is needed.

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‘In the beginning, the mathematical models predicted that 70 percent vaccination coverage would be sufficient,’ says vaccinologist Corinne Vandermeulen in the seventh day. ‘But after the British and Indian variants, we have let the models run again. And then we are more likely to go towards 90 percent. In the past, the target for all vaccinations was always 90 percent. For measles even 95 percent. Our experience is that this high vaccination rate means that these diseases no longer circulate.’

Not 100 percent effective

Pierre Van Damme adds that the vaccines are not 100 percent effective. He is also in favor of a vaccination rate that is higher than 70 percent.’ According to Van Damme, 90 percent of Britons currently in hospital with covid have not been vaccinated.

In The Seventh Day, vaccinologists Van Damme and Vandermeulen also emphasized that for all vaccines, a trade-off must be made between the risk of serious covid and the risk of side effects. ‘The European agency EMA allows all vaccines from the age of 18’, says Van Damme. ‘The benefit of vaccination is much greater than the risk of side effects.’

Turnover in women between 30 and 35

According to his colleague Vandermeulen, British data show that in women between the ages of 30 and 35 there can be a turnaround in the ratio between a serious form of Covid and serious side effects. “That’s why we put an age limit on AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.”

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